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The EGERTON surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 958 24471 0 4
United States (1880 census) 72 38908 0 1
Change since 1880 +886 +14437 +N/A +3
Other Countries
Australia 217 6976 0.001 13
United Kingdom 2,031 2921 0.004 44
Top States for EGERTON by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
North Carolina 137 5957 0.002 17
Texas 68 21436 0.000 3
New York 65 29219 0.000 3
Massachusetts 62 12950 0.001 10
Maryland 61 9532 0.001 12
Top States for EGERTON by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
North Carolina 137 5957 0.002 17
Rhode Island 17 9056 0.002 16
Delaware 10 13484 0.001 13
Maryland 61 9532 0.001 12
Massachusetts 62 12950 0.001 10

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called EGERTON live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called EGERTON represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called EGERTON in North Carolina than any other state, but you are more likely to find a EGERTON by picking someone at random in North Carolina than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of EGERTON

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the EGERTON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the EGERTON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of EGERTON in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 738 77.04
Black/African American 196 20.46
Mixed Race 12 1.25
White (Hispanic) 8 0.84
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the EGERTON surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of EGERTON in historical publications

EGERTON. The Egertons have a common descent with the Cholmondelcys from the celebrated William Belward, baron of Malpas, under the Norman earls-palatiue of Chester. David de Malpas, son of Belward, was grandfather of David de Egertou, so

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to EGERTON

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as EGERTON.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for EGERTON

The following words are slight variants of EGERTON that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.